| Adult education has a number of requirements which | | | | a number of hardware and software resources. |
| are somewhat different to the world of corporate | | | | With regard to resources: hardware: |
| training. In an adult education college we start with a | | | | 3 digital cameras 3 Sony DV recorders 3 Dell |
| Scheme of Work, a high level planning document | | | | multimedia laptops 3 tripods 1 TV 1 DVD player DVD |
| which outlines a number of key project requirements. | | | | media coursewaresoftware: |
| When you are seeking funding for a project, your | | | | Movie Magix Edit Pro v10, SonicDVD, Photoshop |
| Scheme of Work puts forward the purpose of the | | | | Elements v3 |
| learning project, outlines current resources and | | | | The aim of this workshop is for learners to film and |
| identifies any further resource requirements. It also | | | | produce a quality DVD of their project within the 3 |
| identifies who your learners will be. | | | | day timescale. |
| The following Scheme of Work was successfully | | | | This will involve shooting video footage and still |
| used on a media skills project targeted at the | | | | images, downloading from tape to hard disk, cutting, |
| following beneficiary groups who attended a day | | | | fading in/fading out, merging clips, adding music, text, |
| centre:the unemployed, refugees, lone parents, | | | | slide shows, DVD structures, menus and chapter |
| people recovering from mental illness, lone parents | | | | marks. A testing phase will follow where we burn files |
| and ex-offenders. | | | | to DVD and then replay them on TV. |
| The document should include where you plan to run | | | | Many of the students will not have had access to |
| the sessions, the duration of the daily sessions and | | | | this technology and the subtext of the project is to |
| the number of daily sessions. For example, the | | | | demonstrate the hardware/software, develop the |
| sessions will be run from Titchmark Room at Banfield | | | | exploration of personal creativity and build |
| Tech from 10am-12 noon and the afternoon session | | | | self-confidence. |
| from 1pm to 3pm:30pm. There will be six, three day | | | | It is an empowering experience to produce a quality |
| courses starting on May 6th and the classroom can | | | | DVD that the learners can show to their friends, it |
| accommodate 6 students. | | | | builds self-esteem and produces a feeling of social |
| The learners will be screened by the Tech to identify | | | | inclusion. |
| appropriate computer literacy skills. | | | | The assessment of students' progress is quite |
| The document should include a breakdown of the | | | | straightforward with this project because of the |
| resources required. As this is an IT project it requires | | | | visual nature of what is being produced. |